SB Blue Route reopens after fatal crash shuts down road for hours

UPDATE: The southbound lanes of the Blue Route (I-476) reopened at 6:30 a.m. after being shut down for more than four hours because of a fatal accident.

•RADNOR — A fatal crash overnight shut down the southbound lanes of the Blue Route for hours, officials said.

The crash occurred about 2:30 a.m. at Exit 13 for St. Davids Villanova. All southbound traffic is being diverted at the Villanova exit (Route 30), which remains open.

State police said a car went out of control and overturned at the Saint Davids/Villanova exit.

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Police said the driver was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. No information was immediately available about the victim.

State transportation officials said all southbound lanes had been closed. Traffic was being detoured at the Route 30 exit. The southbound lanes were still closed at 6 a.m. and traffic in the area is starting to back up. It is not known when the southbound lanes will reopen. The identity of the victim has not been identified.

The crash remains under investigation.

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